Posted by: appleboyde on: September 9, 2008
I have been smoke free thanks to Chantix. I guess I am used to the bright vivid dreams as they don’t bother me that much. I have no craving whatsoever for a cigarette. My roommate who smokes stinks so bad when he comes in from smoking. I figure I must have smelled that way too. [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: August 23, 2008
I have been so freaking busy. Things at work are going nuts since we have one week till the students are back. I managed to get a lot done Thursday and Friday. I still have a long ways to go. I can now officially say I have not smoked in over 2 weeks! I am [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: July 29, 2008
So I have taken the last pill to finish off week 2. The dreams are quite vivid and actually kinda odd because they pull in people that I have not thought of in years! Maybe I should watch porn before bed and see what happens! HA HA HA! So far the [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: July 23, 2008
So today I took the first 1 mg pill instead of the .5 mg pill. So far so good. I feel my wanting to smoke to diminish! So far no vivid dreams like last time and I am so happy for that. I do now get up to pee when I have [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: July 22, 2008
So I have been on Chantix again now for a week. I had talked to Dr. Hines about it when I saw her this past week. So far so good and I am already feeling less need for smoking. Right now it appears to be the habitual part instead of the craving [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: August 19, 2007
He is right here ready to go into another saga of his so called journey in life. Well the last few weeks have just been nuts. Granted life is never guaranteed to be easy or fun. So it all starts with totally draining my checking account because I needed a plumber to fix the water turn off [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: August 1, 2007
I have decided that I have the best Infectious Disease doctor ever! Not only do we do normal visits we talk via e-mails at least 2 -3 times a month. Well today was the meet face to face day. As always I get so excited about seeing her. We get to talk about my HIV [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: July 23, 2007
OK, so here is some updates on things going on in the life of AppleBoy. First, I will talk about VRX496 trial. I have been on AZT for almost a month now and I am waiting for lab work results from the blood draw I had last week. If that is undetectable [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: July 5, 2007
Several things to talk about today. One, is I have stopped taking Chantix as of last week because of the dreams it was causing. Yes it might be mild for most but was terrible for me since I take Atripla which contains Sustiva. So far no cravings for smoking and when my roommates smoke it [...]
Posted by: appleboyde on: June 26, 2007
will mark 4 weeks without smoking! I must say the 100.00 I have spent on copays for Chantix is well worth it. I think I am finally quit for good. I have missed a dose or two of Chantix without any cravings. That alone makes me feel good because I am not addicted to Chantix. [...]
